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CRM 331
CORRECTIONS Election & Policy
Paper
The idea of this paper is for you to be an informed
voter regarding issues of crime and sentencing/imprisonment. I'm looking for you
to do a critical review of information about the positions of the candidates
below. The idea of the critical review should come from the early chapters of
Welch's book where he explains this idea, and the questions for politicians in
the article, What Every American Should Know About Criminal Justice.
Information about the candidates can be found through
the table below. Start with the official campaign site, although the national
party sites and platforms frequently have more detailed information. The pages of the Washington Post
have several options to help you search for material (including video clips and
campaign ads), and the Google.com search boxes are at the bottom of this page.
Be careful that any additional information comes from the candidate's website
and not one of the parody pages put out by a rival.
EXTRA
CREDIT:
Email each of the candidates the list of questions from the 'What Every American
Should Know' article and see what type of response you get. Include a printed
copy of your emails to the candidates, a printed copy of any response you get
and your thoughts about that response.
Issues2000 claims
to have the positions of all the candidates on all the issues.
Searching the Internet
The internet now has well over 2 billion
pages and there are several hundred search engines to help people find information. My
personal preference, based on my own use and looking at my webmaster log for this
page, is Google. They have the most pages indexed and one of the better ways of
matching keywords. The boxes below provide direct access; the safe search box
filters out adult content and can be helpful for searches about sexual assault,
women in prison, etc.
You do not have to use these if you
prefer another search engine. For more information about search engines, how
they work, tips for finding what you want on the internet, and various ratings
of search engines, check out SearchEngineWatch.
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